so carries can just add
and negate a lot of of a tanks already not strong defense. and most top laners now automatically buy 
. so these items aren't actually necessary they just act as a slap in the face to those who dare try be a tank
Dreadlocks1 votesYou are missing a very important attribute that a lot (not all) tanks have. And that is, means of initiation, and if they have enough effective HP to start a fight, then the HP/Res they built are worth it for the amount of CC they can bring.
LordGeovanni1 votesi dont really get the lol community. 1 minute its never touch the tanks then next moment its hit the tank if they can
Dreadlocks1 votesYeah PPL just like to QQ about shit every1 else is QQ'ing about. So quit QQ'ing.
67chrome1 votesso these items aren't actually necessary they just act as a slap in the face to those who dare try be a tank
Zed was garbage tier and AD Casters as a whole had serious viability issues before Cleaver was changed to a %armor shredding CDR item.
Regardless of how crumby it feels, %armor penetration being prevalent enough to give AD casters a strong tertiary multiplier that can keep up with Crit on marksman and the party-hat/%magic pen/Lich Bane multipliers on the AP side is necessary.
Also: Just as you can say %armor pen devalues armor: so to does AD, Crit, AS. And HP, armor, %AS slows, %Crit reductions, %AA reductions all devalue those offensive stats.
The interaction with %armor pen and defense isn't particularly unique in regards to any other offensive/defensive arms race. And you need 50+50% armor penetration to double damage against anyone with 100+ armor, where you need ~150% AS or 67% crit with IE to double DPS with AAs.
LordGeovanni1 votesthing is those offesive stats are have better gold value scale is a large amount of champion skills and they have penetration which is by itself a slap in the face to those building armor there arnt any items in the game where you hit a guy and he loses attack damage or ability power and there are maybe 3 skills or passives that function like that. less garbage tier than just not op enough to keep up with the rest of the op as fuk people in the game